Or rather, Hellgate and Mythos. Gamasutra is reporting that job offers have been appearing online from T3 Entertainment, specifically for these two games.

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You don’t believe it? I can tell you in one word: Google. The behemoth is looking at in-game advertising, and if it comes off, the future is bleak.

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Following on the heels of its successful World Wide Invitational last month, Blizzard will hold its third annual Blizzcon in Anaheim, California on October 10-11. It won’t be cheap.

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Over at brainygamer, Michael Abbott ponders the decline of the puzzle. Puzzles as they were in the old, traditional adventure games.

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The other day, I read Gareth’s blog on the matter of accessibility as it relates to the “casual” gamer. He pointed out that veteran gamers have a tremendous advantage, simply by reason of being veterans.

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Over at Gamesradar, they have a massive list: 365 free games for downloading. Yep, that comes to a game a day. Of course, you probably wouldn’t be interested in all of them. But give a look; you may find something of interest (I’ll be going back myself to find something; I really could use a new game to play).

365 Days Of Free Games on gamesradar

Over at Gamebanshee, Tyson McCann has a two-page article up on “What An Old RPG Can Teach Today’s Designers. The RPG is World of Xeen, best of the early Might & Magic games.

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Over at gamesetwatch, Duncan Fyfe has an opinion piece on how games don’t telegraph their finales. According to him, players have a hard time figuring out when a game is going to end.

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